BDO, which is the second-largest auditor of listed companies in the UK, has been fined £160,000 and reprimanded over its audit of international insurer AmTrust Europe Limited. ...
Regulatory
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it will be banning discretionary commission models mainly used by car retailers and motor finance brokers.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans to extend the temporary measures put in place to help customers who hold insurance and premium finance products and who ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its expectations for banks, building societies and credit unions when they are considering closing branches or ATMs, or converting ...
The UK’s accounting watchdog has closed its investigation into the finances of support services contractor Mitie.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined Grant Thornton for repeated breaches of ethical standards. Such breaches included failing to maintain its independence over its audit of collapsed ...
Critics have argued that yesterday's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) order for the UK's Big Four accountancy firms to separate their audit practices has not gone far enough ...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has ordered the UK's Big Four accountancy firms to separate their audit practices by June 2024. The FRC has outlined a set ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that motor finance customers, those paying for high-cost credit products such as buy-now pay-later (BNPL), rent-to-own (RTO) and pawnbroking customers ...
Since the start of the coronavirus crisis, audit firms across the UK have introduced a range of additional measures to improve their evaluation of companies’ going concern ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that payments on credit card, personal loans and other revolving credit products will remain frozen for a further three months ...
Elevate Credit International Limited (ECIL), a payday lender which sold loans under the Sunny brand, has gone into administration in the UK with Ed Boyle and David ...
New research by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that 2.6 million people in the UK have purchased cryptoassets at some point, marking a 1.1 million ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on establishing a new prudential regime for UK investment firms.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on proposals that are designed to promote value for money for the members of workplace personal pension schemes. ...